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A 3 week Vacation in ALASKA - by Vandana Rajagopalan
Anchorage - Anchorage Wildlife Conservation Center, Portage Glacier.
Floatplane flight over Kodiak.
Bear Watching in Kodiak Island
Alaska Marine Highway - Weeklong Cruise to Aleutian Islands on MV Tustumena - Cold Bay, Sand Point, Chignik, Akutan, Unalaska.
Bald Eagle viewing in Unalaska
Chiniak Bay in Kodiak
Anchorage & Palmer - Independence Mine, Hatcher Pass, Lazy Mountain.
Alaska Railroad train to Whittier and a Prince William Sound Cruise
Talkeetna, Camping in Fairbanks
Drive to the North Pole along the 414 mile gravel Dalton Highway - Arctic Circle, Coldfoot, Wiseman, Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay.
Dip in the Arctic Ocean.
Grizzlies at Denali National Park, Drive to Wonder Lake
Anchorage - Anchorage Wildlife Conservation Center, Portage Glacier.
Floatplane flight over Kodiak.
Bear Watching in Kodiak Island
Alaska Marine Highway - Weeklong Cruise to Aleutian Islands on MV Tustumena - Cold Bay, Sand Point, Chignik, Akutan, Unalaska.
Bald Eagle viewing in Unalaska
Chiniak Bay in Kodiak
Anchorage & Palmer - Independence Mine, Hatcher Pass, Lazy Mountain.
Alaska Railroad train to Whittier and a Prince William Sound Cruise
Talkeetna, Camping in Fairbanks
Drive to the North Pole along the 414 mile gravel Dalton Highway - Arctic Circle, Coldfoot, Wiseman, Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay.
Dip in the Arctic Ocean.
Grizzlies at Denali National Park, Drive to Wonder Lake
The guidebook said we were approaching False Pass towards the evening, the most scenic of the Aleuts
It wasn't a false claim. False Pass is surrounded by giant mountains shrouded in cloud cover. Indeed a blessed place.
MV Tustumena docks at False Pass, AK
A gull takes off from False Pass.
Off-the-grid houses in False Pass
There wasn't much to do in False Pass itself besides meet with this frocked priest from one of the Russian Orthodox churches, standing beside a police van near the post office. Strange sight indeed.
Those white flower-like shrubs cause a rash if you touch em. So don't.
July 28, 2007 - The next morning, we arrived at our terminal port of call, Unalaska.
We had to return by 4pm. Tustumena would then take us all the way back to Kodiak.
At Unalaska, we piled into a tourist van run by Susan - whole lot of vans at the dock, you pick a van & pay by the hour, they show you all around Unalaska. We forked out $300 for our party of 5 for the day, not a bad deal .
We had to return by 4pm. Tustumena would then take us all the way back to Kodiak.
At Unalaska, we piled into a tourist van run by Susan - whole lot of vans at the dock, you pick a van & pay by the hour, they show you all around Unalaska. We forked out $300 for our party of 5 for the day, not a bad deal .
No sooner had Susan started off into Unalaska that we asked her to stop! We had spotted our first Bald Eagle. Susan laughed out, surprised. She said "You want eagles ? There are thousands of them!"
We thought she meant metaphorically, of course. We were in for a total shock. Unalaska has 100s of thousands of bald eagles. Bald eagles are everywhere...
We thought she meant metaphorically, of course. We were in for a total shock. Unalaska has 100s of thousands of bald eagles. Bald eagles are everywhere...
On the beach...
